YouTube over a billion unique users every single month. YouTube search data going back to 2008, is now available on Google Trends. AdSense YouTube videos earnings will now be calculated by YouTube, displayed in YouTube Analytics.

Since Google Trends and Google Insights for Search launched, Google says millions of people using Trends to keep up with trending interests online. Trends data can be used to better understand global trends — identifying health trends such as in flu trends, nowcasting in economics, and studies on the predictability of search trends. And it …

Hot Searches in Google Trends refresh launches today lets you see a list of the fastest rising search terms, which is updated on an hourly basis in the U.S. for a snapshot of what’s on the public’s collective mind.

Vincenzo Cosenza’s released their latest edition of the World Map Of Social Networks. Based on this month’s Alexa & Google Trends for Websites traffic data, Cosenza posits that Facebook has managed to overtake some local incumbent social networks in the past few months, particularly in Europe.